Akitake Kōno
Acting
Akitake Kōno (河野 秋武 Kōno Akitake, 8 October 1911 – 17 March 1978) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973. Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi as well on television.
Known for
1973Miyamoto Musashi
Kimura Sukekuro
1971The Viper Brothers
Kingoro The Tattoo Master
1969Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
Yasuke
1969Broken Swords
1969Farewell, My Beloved
1969Okatsu the Fugitive
1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri 2
1967Heiji, the Detective
1967A History of the Japanese Underworld - The Bloody Resistance
1967Traveling in Party
1967Three Gamblers
Toyomatsu Inoue
1967Invitation to Jail
1966Flame and the Code
Sadamitsu Gonda
1966Nerves for Victory
1966Japan's Most Chivalrous
Gennosuke Shioya
1966You and I
1965King of the Highway
1964The Scarlet Camellia
1964Adventures of Zatoichi
Intendant Gorota Kajima
1964The Shape of Night
1964The Lord's spy
1964Ken
Kiuchi
1964Ocean Floor Crime #1
1963Kizu-darake no futeki-sha